Sunday, December 13, 2015

Governments have signalled an end to the fossil fuel era, committing for the first time to a universal agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions

- from the Guardian.com (Saturday 12 December 2015):
"Six years after the chaotic ending of the Copenhagen climate summit,
the agreement now known as the Paris Agreement for the first time
commits rich countries, rising economies and some of the poorest
countries to work together to curb emissions.

Rich countries agreed to raise $100bn (£66bn) a year by 2020 to help
poor countries transform their economies. The overall agreement is
legally binding, but some elements – including the pledges to curb
emissions by individual countries and the climate finance elements – are
not."